- 1986 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1983
yp2=1984
yp3=1985
year=1986
ya1=1987
ya2=1988
ya3=1989
dp3=1950s
dp2=1960s
dp1=1970s
d=1980s
dn1=1990s
dn2=2000s
dn3=2010sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1986 :Events
January
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January 9 - the UK Defence Secretary,Michael Heseltine , resigns amidst a political furore over the future ofWestland Helicopters . Two weeks later,Leon Brittan , the Trade and Industry Secretary, will also resign.
*January 28 - the Space Shuttle "Challenger" is destroyed at launch
*January 31 -Boeing completes purchase ofde Havilland Canada February
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February 12 -US Navy aircraft carrier s commence exercises in theGulf of Sirte , off the coast ofLibya , challenging that country's territorial claims to those waters.April
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April 2 - a bomb planted by aPalestinian terrorist group explodes aboard aTWA Boeing 727 on a flight betweenRome andAthens . Four passengers are killed and nine more injured, but the aircraft lands safely.
*April 14 - US Navy jets attack Libya inOperation El Dorado Canyon
*April 18 -Marcel Dassault (real name, Marcel Bloch) dies at 94.
*April 28 - Pan Am returns to the Soviet Union, using aBoeing 747 fromJFK International Airport in New York.May
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May 3 - 20 passengers die after an explosion caused byTamil Tigers separatists aboard an Air LankaLockheed L-1011
*May 7 -Al Mooney dies, aged 80.
*May 16 - Top Gun (film) opens in theaters in United States
*May 26 -Helicopter prison escape from a Parisian jail. Escapee Michel Vaujour was flown to freedom via his wife, a newly graduated helicopter pilot.June
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May 29 -June 1 - the5th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in Castellón de la Plana, Spain.Individual winners: 1. Krzysztof Lenartowicz & Janusz Darocha (Poland), 2. Carlos Eugui Aguado / Jose Anizonda (Spain), 3./4. Wacław Nycz & Marian Wieczorek (Poland) / Witold Świadek & Andrzej Korzeniowski (Poland). Team winners: 1. Poland, 2. West Germany, 3. Spain.August
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August 11 - a modifiedWestland Lynx sets a new helicopter world speed record of 249 mph (401 km/h)
*August 20 - first test-flight of apropfan engine, theGeneral Electric GE-36
*August 26 - theCFM56 turbofan is flight tested for the first time.October
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October 21 -British Airways is offered for public sale by the British governmentNovember
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November 3 While attempting to land at Zahedan airport, an Iranian Hercules C-130 army transport plane crashes into a mountain; all 103 passengers are killed.
*November 6 -Sumburgh disaster , aBritish International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes in theShetland Isles , killing 45 people. It is history's worst civlianhelicopter disaster.December
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December 2 - anAir France Concorde returns toParis after an 18-day around the world trip with 94 passengers.
*December 14 -23: First non-stop flight around the planet without refueling - the Voyager, piloted byDick Rutan andJeana Yeager , on a distance of 26,366 statute miles (the FAI accredited distance is 40,212 km)First flights
February
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February 15 -Beechcraft Starship April
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April 27 -Partenavia Mosquito
*April 25 -Air Tractor AT-503 July
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July 4 -Dassault Rafale August
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August 6 -BAe ATP
*August 8 -British Aerospace EAP eptember
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September 13 -Piaggio P.180 Avanti November
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November 30 -Fokker F100 December
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December 31 -IAI Lavi Entered service
May
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May 1 - Dassault Mirage IVP withArmée de l'Air October
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October 1 -AH-64 Apache with theUS 6th Cavalry Brigade
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